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My daughter’s counsellor at camp is 18 and from Scotland. I made some smalltalk with her about one time when I played in Edinborough and Nick Lowe was in the […]
My daughter’s counsellor at camp is 18 and from Scotland. I made some smalltalk with her about one time when I played in Edinborough and Nick Lowe was in the […]
I missed watching the democratic debates but already see the mainstream media framing it as though Bernie and Elizabeth lost but a little research shows a very different interpretation of […]
At some point somebody showed me how to play 10ths on the piano, the very large stretch between pinky and thumb. Seemed impossible especially after I met Al Hershfield who […]
In a circle with 11 year olds going round stating each one’s name and favourite song, unsurprisingly I hear them say Old Town Road, Bohemian Rhapsody, Baby Shark and then […]
More time planning songwriting course for this fall at UWO. I know from past experiences, my love of song won’t be as infectious with currently popular will be. So we’ll […]
Sometimes people tune into the fact that all of us are positioned to experience the world as though we are the stars of a movie, a movie about us. Sometimes […]
Wondering about the state of people prior to language, what those minds were like since in our time it’s about ceaseless wording between the ears. Have heard it said our […]
I had to learn Riptide for a presentation and while doing some research I looked at Vance Joy’s Wiki and noticed his most famous song established in no small part […]
Some last minute items necessary for a little girl attending summer camp. Would rather not be in Walmart but choices were limited and then it happened – Rick Astley, but […]
I met Paul Krassner, we both played The Bitter End on Earth Day 2000, he was doing stand-up. Later, he introduced me to Odetta which I can’t describe except for […]